Volumes of Activation for Dimethylsulfoxide and N,N-Dimethylformamide Exchange with Hexasolvates of Aluminium (III) and Gallium (III) Ions in Deuterionitromethane Solution

High-pressure ¹H-NMR. has been used to determine volumes of activation (ΔV#) for solvent exchange with M(S)₆]³⁺ ion (M = Al(III), Ga(III); S = dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF)) in ²H]₃-nitromethane solution. For Al(III),Δ V# = + 15.6 ± 1.4 (S = DMSO, 358.5 K) and ΔV# = + 13.7 ± 1.2 cm³mol^?1 (S = DMF, 354.5 K), whilst for Ga(III), ΔV# = + 13.1 ± 1.0 (S = DMSO, 334.6 K) and ΔV# = +7.9 ± 1.6 cm³mol^?1 (S= DMF, 313.8 K). Variable temperature studies over a temperature range of 107.2 K (Al(III)) and 101.1 K (Ga(III)) were carried out for solvent exchange with M(DMF)₆]³⁺ ions in ²H]₃-nitromethane solution, using stopped-flow NMR, and conventional linebroadening, and gave ΔH# = 88.3 ± 0.9 and 85.1 ± 0.6 kJ+ mol^?1, and ΔS# = 28.4 ± 2.7 and 45.1 ± 1.9 JK^?1 mol^?1 for Al(III) and Ga(III) ions respectively. All of these results are consistent with dissociative modes of activation.